Earthquake Tower

From Remco. It was released in 1976, following the success of the 1974 movies The Towering Inferno and Earthquake. Kids were meant to destroy the skyscraper and then rescue its occupants using the helicopter, firetruck, and team of plastic rescue workers that came with the toy.

"Turn a real disaster into hours of imaginative, exciting play... comes with a disaster sound effect record to help add exciting sound to the play."

More info: Design You Trust

Detroit Free Press - Oct 14, 1976

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Posted By: Alex - Tue Nov 09, 2021
Category: Disasters | Toys | 1970s

Comments

I'm sure that would go down a storm these days!

Posted by David P. on 11/10/21 at 12:20 PM

Nonsense! It would be immensely popular. Imagine two towers, two planes, two firetrucks, and a bunch of plastic figurines to figure firefighters, paramedics, office workers, police officers, etc. Hours of fun for kids of all ages!

Posted by Yudith on 11/10/21 at 09:03 PM

I’d like to think that some of the kids who played with this went on to become successful architects and structural engineers.

Posted by Brian on 11/16/21 at 10:45 AM

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